In recent years, the so-called „Swedish Model“ or criminalising the
purchase of sex is advocated by radical feminists and fundamental
Christians as a policy to abolish prostitution. This talk will dissect
the dangers of the Swedish Model and how these advocates ultimately use
sex workers as a collateral damage to enforce an ideology, rather than
listen to sex workers. We shall look at the anti-trafficking rheortic
and how it is used to control borders, exploits women of colour as
rescue projects and benefits the clothing industry. The talk will also
look at survival sex work and how the narratives ignores male and
trans*gender sex workers, especially trans*women of colour.